Project Management

Project Management Training

ESI offers project management training courses that cater to the educational needs of project professionals of all levels. Our courses are aligned to industry-recognized standards and are offered in a variety of modalities including onsite instructor-led courses, public instructor-led courses, virtual instructor-led courses, and eTraining.

Business Process Analysis Innovation and Design

Learn practical techniques for designing critical processes in corporations, government agencies and nonprofit organizations at this valuable course. Get answers to fundamental questions about process innovation: what it is, what benefits it affords, and why it necessitates rethinking an organization’s use of information technology and management control mechanisms.

Contract Management Principles and Practices

Get an overview of all phases of contracting, from requirements development to closeout. This course explores these vital issues from the manager’s perspective, highlighting key roles and responsibilities to give you greater influence over how work is performed.

Introduction to Project Management

Introduction to Project Management will help you to describe roles and responsibilities of project team members across the project life cycle. In this class you will learn to define and develop the foundations of a project management plan, including the project requirements document, work breakdown structure, schedule, and other resources.

IT Risk Management

In IT Risk Management, you’ll learn to look at risk management as a way to seize opportunities, minimize threats and achieve optimum results. You’ll work through the proactive approach to threat and opportunity, based on a clear understanding of the powerful nature of qualitative and quantitative approaches to risk management.

Managing IT Projects

In this comprehensive introductory course, you’ll discover critical success factors and hidden risks inherent in IT projects and you’ll leave with an understanding of strategies and techniques developed in the field by experienced IT project managers for successfully managing IT projects.

Managing Projects

Managing Projects gives you the foundation, techniques and tools to manage each stage of the project life cycle, work within organizational and cost constraints, set goals tied directly to stakeholder needs, get the most from your project management team, and utilize state-of-the-art project management tools to get the work done on time and within budget.

Managing Projects Oil and Gas Industry

If you are working within today’s oil and gas industry, this comprehensive, introductory course will offer a solid understanding of project management methods through your industry lens. Gain practical experience in proven project management techniques and discover a wealth of valuable, flexible tools that you can use immediately to ensure the success of any project within your oil and gas organization. Whether you are part of one of the majors or a services firm supporting the industry; this course is specifically designed to be relevant to your everyday work environment through the introduction of industry-specific case studies and discussions in order to make the training come to life for you.

Negotiation Skills for Project Managers

This three day, highly interactive experience covers the dynamics, processes and techniques of internal and external negotiation situations. By the end of the course, you will have explored the dynamics of both the competitive and collaborative models of negotiation as well as some of the implications of team negotiations.

PMAppraise

Evaluates your knowledge of each of the nine areas in the Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide (PMBOK®).

PMP Exam Power Prep

This well-proven and successful course will improve participants’ chances of passing the grueling PMP® certification exam. Participants find out exactly what they need to know and how to prepare themselves to successfully tackle any question on the exam.

PMP Exam Preparation

You will find out exactly what you need to know and how to prepare yourself to fulfill the requirements for each PMBOK® Guide knowledge area. You will become familiar with the makeup and format of the exam itself by answering multiple-choice questions within each lesson and explore the rationale behind each answer with your instructor, a certified PMP®.

Project Leadership, Management and Communications

Project Leadership, Management and Communications is an interactive course designed to provide a solid foundation in key leadership competencies and to afford you the opportunity for a truly transformational leadership experience.

Project Management Applications

You’ll propose, plan and execute a full-scale project under typical organizational constraints. Follow your project through the life cycle, resolving issues of performance, scheduling and control as you address questions of leadership and management.

Project Planning Analysis and Control

Project Planning Analysis and Control gives intensive instruction in project management fundamentals across the entire project life cycle. It provides proven strategies and practical tools for planning, executing, and controlling a variety of projects. It also offers detailed and sophisticated instruction in the critical areas of scheduling key events, controlling costs, and managing risks.

Quality for Project Managers

You’ll learn about the philosophy and principles of quality management and learn how to translate these concepts into specific actions that are key to successful project quality efforts. The course presents a five-step model for successfully planning project quality, a five-step model for effectively assuring project quality and a quality-control toolkit, all of which you can immediately apply to your work environment.

Requirements Management: A Key to Project Success

Requirements Management takes the project manager beyond the basics of all aspects of the requirements management process, from concept through closeout. Participants will learn up-to-date practices for requirements management and a recommended requirements management process, including proper selection of tools and techniques for specific types of projects.

Risk Management

In this Risk Management course, you’ll work through the proactive approach to threat and opportunity—based on a clear understanding of the powerful nature of both qualitative and quantitative approaches to risk management.

Scheduling and Cost Control

Develop effective measures for scheduling and controlling projects as you put the tools of project management to work. In this course you’ll focus on managing the constraints you face in any project: limits on time, human resources, materials, budget and specifications.

Unlocking the Power of Earned Value Management

You’ll review key project documents to gain an understanding of their relationship to effective project evaluation and control using EVM. You’ll explore the challenges and approaches involved in establishing a baseline and obtaining accurate, timely and useful information to measure project performance with EVM.

Writing Statements of Work: The Heart of any Contract

This course employs challenging team exercises and case studies that will take you through the process of building a solid statement of work. The skills learned in this practical course can be immediately applied by anyone involved in writing, negotiating, awarding or administering SOWs.

Contract Management Principles and Practices

Get an overview of all phases of contracting, from requirements development to closeout. This course explores these vital issues from the manager’s perspective, highlighting key roles and responsibilities to give you greater influence over how work is performed.

Managing Projects

Managing Projects gives you the foundation, techniques and tools to manage each stage of the project life cycle, work within organizational and cost constraints, set goals tied directly to stakeholder needs, get the most from your project management team, and utilize state-of-the-art project management tools to get the work done on time and within budget.

Managing IT Projects

In this comprehensive introductory course, you’ll discover critical success factors and hidden risks inherent in IT projects and you’ll leave with an understanding of strategies and techniques developed in the field by experienced IT project managers for successfully managing IT projects.

Introduction to Project Management

Introduction to Project Management will help you to describe roles and responsibilities of project team members across the project life cycle. In this class you will learn to define and develop the foundations of a project management plan, including the project requirements document, work breakdown structure, schedule, and other resources.

IT Risk Management

In IT Risk Management, you’ll learn to look at risk management as a way to seize opportunities, minimize threats and achieve optimum results. You’ll work through the proactive approach to threat and opportunity, based on a clear understanding of the powerful nature of qualitative and quantitative approaches to risk management.

Project Leadership, Management and Communications

Project Leadership, Management and Communications is an interactive course designed to provide a solid foundation in key leadership competencies and to afford you the opportunity for a truly transformational leadership experience.

Project Management Applications

You’ll propose, plan and execute a full-scale project under typical organizational constraints. Follow your project through the life cycle, resolving issues of performance, scheduling and control as you address questions of leadership and management.

Quality for Project Managers

You’ll learn about the philosophy and principles of quality management and learn how to translate these concepts into specific actions that are key to successful project quality efforts. The course presents a five-step model for successfully planning project quality, a five-step model for effectively assuring project quality and a quality-control toolkit, all of which you can immediately apply to your work environment.

Risk Management

In this Risk Management course, you’ll work through the proactive approach to threat and opportunity—based on a clear understanding of the powerful nature of both qualitative and quantitative approaches to risk management.

Scheduling and Cost Control

Develop effective measures for scheduling and controlling projects as you put the tools of project management to work. In this course you’ll focus on managing the constraints you face in any project: limits on time, human resources, materials, budget and specifications.

Aligning Project Management with Organizational Strategy

Aligning Project Management with Organizational Strategy gives you an in-depth analysis of the process leading from business strategy formation to portfolio development to the project and project manager’s role. Learn how to link your project to the business strategy, apply and maintain alignment of the project strategy, and manage the expectations and interests of those who have a stake in the project outcome.

Business Process Analysis Innovation and Design

Learn practical techniques for designing critical processes in corporations, government agencies and nonprofit organizations at this valuable course. Get answers to fundamental questions about process innovation: what it is, what benefits it affords, and why it necessitates rethinking an organization’s use of information technology and management control mechanisms.

Negotiation Skills for Project Managers

This three day, highly interactive experience covers the dynamics, processes and techniques of internal and external negotiation situations. By the end of the course, you will have explored the dynamics of both the competitive and collaborative models of negotiation as well as some of the implications of team negotiations.

Project Planning Analysis and Control

Project Planning Analysis and Control gives intensive instruction in project management fundamentals across the entire project life cycle. It provides proven strategies and practical tools for planning, executing, and controlling a variety of projects. It also offers detailed and sophisticated instruction in the critical areas of scheduling key events, controlling costs, and managing risks.

Rapid Assessment and Recovery of Troubled Projects

Rapid Assessment and Recovery of Troubled Projects demonstrates a proven process to project recovery. You’ll get everything you need (process, tools, techniques) to perform a rapid assessment of a project in trouble, develop a recovery plan and manage the transition to stabilization.

Requirements Management: A Key to Project Success

Requirements Management takes the project manager beyond the basics of all aspects of the requirements management process, from concept through closeout. Participants will learn up-to-date practices for requirements management and a recommended requirements management process, including proper selection of tools and techniques for specific types of projects.

Unlocking the Power of Earned Value Management

You’ll review key project documents to gain an understanding of their relationship to effective project evaluation and control using EVM. You’ll explore the challenges and approaches involved in establishing a baseline and obtaining accurate, timely and useful information to measure project performance with EVM.

Writing Statements of Work: The Heart of any Contract

This course employs challenging team exercises and case studies that will take you through the process of building a solid statement of work. The skills learned in this practical course can be immediately applied by anyone involved in writing, negotiating, awarding or administering SOWs.

PMP Exam Power Prep

This well-proven and successful course will improve participants’ chances of passing the grueling PMP® certification exam. Participants find out exactly what they need to know and how to prepare themselves to successfully tackle any question on the exam.

PMP Exam Preparation

You will find out exactly what you need to know and how to prepare yourself to fulfill the requirements for each PMBOK® Guide knowledge area. You will become familiar with the makeup and format of the exam itself by answering multiple-choice questions within each lesson and explore the rationale behind each answer with your instructor, a certified PMP®.

IT and Information Assurance Risk Management

This course addresses IT risk management (identifying, quantifying, responding to, and controlling) in the context of the IT project life cycle. The course teaches qualitative and quantitative techniques and tools for assessing the impact of risk.

IT Risk Management

In IT Risk Management, you’ll learn to look at risk management as a way to seize opportunities, minimize threats and achieve optimum results. You’ll work through the proactive approach to threat and opportunity, based on a clear understanding of the powerful nature of qualitative and quantitative approaches to risk management.

ITIL Workshop

IT organizations are faced with a rapidly evolving environment and severe budget limitations, where standardization of optimal systems and procedures can be a critical success factor. The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a set of best practices that has been developed to deliver high quality IT services. These procedures are supplier independent and provide guidance across the breadth of IT infrastructure, development, and operations. ITIL’s body of knowledge represents the consensus derived from over a decade of work and experience by thousands of IT professionals across the globe, considered by many to be the de facto world standard for IT best practices.

Managing IT Projects

In this comprehensive introductory course, you’ll discover critical success factors and hidden risks inherent in IT projects and you’ll leave with an understanding of strategies and techniques developed in the field by experienced IT project managers for successfully managing IT projects.

Managing IT Projects and Information Assurance Basics

This course presents project management concepts, tools, and techniques needed to meet the unique challenges of IT projects. It covers each phase of the IT project life cycle, discussing the activities performed, as well as the role and responsibilities of the project manager and team.

MS Project in Government Workshop

This course is a one-day class specifically designed for the busy project management professional. In this intensive one-day session, students spend virtually the entire course developing hands-on expertise in building project plans, and running a wide range of reports in MS Project. Students will quickly develop highly valuable skills in using MS Project to maximize project planning, estimating, tracking, and reporting. This is an essential course for any project management professional who wishes to maximize their efficiency in managing their projects.

MS Project Server in Government Workshop

In this one-day intensive hands-on course, students will become very familiar with numerous special features of project and resource planning with Microsoft Project in a server-based enterprise environment.

Software Testing for Better Project Management

Many organizations wait until late in the development cycle to test new software and often limit testing due to time constraints. This approach can create pain for the project manager in the form of cost overruns, missed completion dates, overlooked requirements, undetected errors and dissatisfaction among customers and users.

Systems Integration Project Management

Today’s information technology project manager faces projects of increasing size, complexity, and risk. Your job as project manager is to make sure that all of the components come together and to see that the project is completed on time and within budget.